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Example sentences for "leaned over"

  • He hung his head and began to moan again, and to rock back and forth, and then suddenly he leaned over, seized his head in his two hands and began to weep violently, like a child.

  • Umè-ko leaned over instantly, staring down into the stream.

  • Illustration: "Umè-ko leaned over instantly, staring down into the stream.

  • Blackie placed his hand upon Newman's shoulder, leaned over, and whispered into his ear.

  • He leaned over, pressed up one of my eyelids, and looked into my eye.

  • I leaned over, and hailed the boat, towing below.

  • He leaned over, motioning me toward him, until his lips were at my ear.

  • I leaned over to speak in as low a tone as possible.

  • Clutching with either hand the baluster I leaned over, listening.

  • He leaned over so close to catch the whisper of my breathing that there seemed a danger of my losing myself in the labyrinth of his downy ear.

  • He leaned over seductively, finger and thumb twitching at the plain gold cross suspended from his watch-chain on his black waistcoat.

  • He leaned over, lifted her up and laid her on her bed; and while she kept on moaning he began to take off her clothes, her jacket, her skirt and her petticoat.

  • I rose from my chair to go and look at him, and with a candle in my hand I leaned over him.

  • He was still sleeping and I leaned over him to wake him up with a kiss, when I noticed in his curls, over his temple, a little thread which shone like silver.

  • He leaned over, listening for her breathing.

  • Claire came across the room and leaned over him, her body radiating a cool, healthy perfume as she laid her hand on his shoulder.

  • Philip released his grip on Lawrence's throat, leaned over, and seized the blade.

  • I leaned over him in jealous terror as Mr Trail bestowed the Christian name of Francis upon him--I named him after my father.

  • The youngster could scarcely work his tongue; he thought Raul would accuse him of selling his products; he leaned over so far his straight hair touched his bloody knife.

  • Among the frightened horses, in the stable, he leaned over Manuel.

  • The palm next to him, a tree many years old, leaned over, and then the growl passed farther away and disappeared.

  • Lavinia looked at Marley, and he leaned over, and took her hands.

  • He leaned over and in a whisper that was for Lavinia and Marley together he said: "Lavinia, you're the queen dancer of the town.

  • He leaned over, his elbows on his knees, and clutched his hair in his fists.

  • He went to her, leaned over her, a hand above her shoulder on the door.

  • And his nearness, as he leaned over her, was less ecstasy than terror.

  • He leaned over her, and she shrank back into her chair, shutting her eyes.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "leaned over" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    descent upon; each other; eleven days; first journey; four sons; great effort; health resort; impose upon; leaned back; leaned forward; leaned over; little rain; meant originally; mental deficiency; national system; natural feeling; nearly cylindrical; our fellow; requiring them; speculative reason; still life; this state; town called; warm summers